Holly Patricia Hunter is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2008, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, Hunter won the Ac ... ademy Award for Best Actress. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News (1987), The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003). For her roles in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989), and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993), she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010). Hunter's other film roles include Raising Arizona (1987), Always (1989), Home for the Holidays (1995), Crash (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Incredibles (2004), its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and The Big Sick (2017), the latter of which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000
as Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993
as Wanda Holloway
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| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actress | The Golden Age of the Piano | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tender Mercies | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Hours | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actress | The Piano | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Actress | The Piano | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | The Golden Age of the Piano | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Actress | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Won |
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